Improvement in tools



N. K. ELL'SWDBTH.

Tools. V A

Patented Feb. 3,1874.

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Melle UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN Ic. ELLswonTI'I, or WASHINGTON, nIsTnIc'r or COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,1 I3, datedFebruary 3, 1874 application filed January 26, 1874i To all whomlit mayconcern.

Be it known thatI, NATHAN K. ELLswonTII, of the city and county oflVashington,` in the District of Columbia, havevinventcd a new anduseful Improvement in rlools, or combined wrench, rule, screw driver,hammer, boxopener, and nail-drawer; andI do hereby declare the followingto be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, inwhich- Figure l represents a perspective view of the improved tool. Fig.2 is aside view ofthe head with the base broken away, and Fig. 5 is asectional view-through linear .1: of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference in the accom panying drawing indicate thesame parts.

The object of this invention is to combine in one simple, cheap, andconvenient instrument a wrench which shall lit various sizes of nuts, ascrew-driver, hannner, box-opener, nail or tack drawer, and a rule; andto this end the invention consists in the improved instrument,

constructed as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing', A represents a tapering bar of fiat metal,from which is cut out the slot or opening S, extending nearly the wholelength of the bar, and gradually decreasing in width to within a shortdistance from the end, thus forming the two inclined bars H B, whichform the handle of the tool By this construction a wrench is formedwhich can be applied to nuts of various sizes by inserting the latter inthe slot or opening S. The lower extremity of the bar is beveled on eachside to form a screw-driver, as seen at C in the drawing; The bar H islgraduated to form a. rule, as plainly seen in the drawing. On the upperside of the bar is cut out a set of claws for the purpose of drawingtacks or nails, and I) represent-s aha-miner on the opposite side of theinstrument. A claw, F, is also formed at the upper end, which forms abox-opener. The under side of the shank O of the hammer-head is roundedand raised above the lower face, so as to form a fulcrmn in theapplication of the box-opener, and at the same time give greaterstrength to the tool. The tool is preferably made of malleable iron andcase-hardened, or it can be made of steel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, the tool, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

NAIHAN K. ELLSVORTH.

\Vitnesses C. T. BROWN, M. CIIURCII.

